Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar met with a high-lev­el Unit­ed States del­e­ga­tion on Mon­day for dis­cus­sions aimed at strength­en­ing bi­lat­er­al ties and ex­pand­ing co­op­er­a­tion in in­vest­ment, eco­nom­ic de­vel­op­ment and re­gion­al is­sues.

Ac­cord­ing to a state­ment from the Of­fice of the Prime Min­is­ter, the meet­ing reaf­firmed the long­stand­ing re­la­tion­ship be­tween Trinidad and To­ba­go and the Unit­ed States, with talks fo­cus­ing on ar­eas of mu­tu­al in­ter­est, in­clud­ing in­vest­ment, eco­nom­ic de­vel­op­ment and re­gion­al col­lab­o­ra­tion.

Per­sad-Bisses­sar said her ad­min­is­tra­tion re­mains com­mit­ted to strength­en­ing in­ter­na­tion­al part­ner­ships that cre­ate op­por­tu­ni­ties, pro­mote eco­nom­ic growth and im­prove the qual­i­ty of life for cit­i­zens.